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Musk ox invasion keeps Nome wildlife managers busy
Anchorage Daily News ^ | comJuly 2, 2014 | SEAN DOOGAN

Posted on 07/03/2014 11:39:53 AM PDT by skeptoid

Nome is used to rowdy residents, but some relatively new transplants are making a real nuisance of themselves -- although unlike the colorful characters of the early 20th century gold rush days, these visitors have four legs, not two.

Musk oxen are wandering into the city on the Seward Peninsula, and despite loud noises, water hoses and even a blow-up bear coated in ursine urine, they don't want to leave.

(Excerpt) Read more at adn.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: alaska; doomage; elk; freepun; hoth; koalaoil; monkeyfacerules; moose; muskox; nome; penguinhumor; undeadthread
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To: Tax-chick

That’s the technique our dogs have developed to impede burglars.


2,461 posted on 08/24/2014 5:53:10 AM PDT by NicknamedBob ("There are too many acronyms in the world!" -----"We should find a way to make short cuts for them!")
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To: Tax-chick

Cute!

Around 2200 last night, I had an ulcer cocktail, and it was the worst thing I could have done. Within five minutes after the first bite, I lost all the food I had eaten since noon. My stomach still hurts.

I think it was the raspberries I ate, as I went through something similar, on Friday, but not as severe. So I doubt that I’ll be using very many points today.

Ungh...I’m starting off with mint tea and no pills. The stomach doesn’t seem to want anything on it, hot or cold, so we’ll do lukewarm. Wish me luck.


2,462 posted on 08/24/2014 5:56:37 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If you take medicine, you have to recover twice; once from the disease and once from the medicine.)
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To: Monkey Face

Luck!

Some of the family has gone to church, and I’m cleaning. I hadn’t planned on it, but the dining room floor was sticky.


2,463 posted on 08/24/2014 6:26:18 AM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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To: Tax-chick

Shawn mopped the kitchen floor on Thursday, and I spilled some soda on it within 30 minutes after he left. *sigh* I’m down to one Wet-Jet pad, too. Dang, I hate being clumsy!

I’m having some mint tea, trying to calm the stomach, but it’s slow going. Bed sounds very good to me right now. I picked up some new books yesterday at the community room, when I dropped off some things I wouldn’t be using. (I’m sure they were gone in 15 minutes.)

There were five people in there, having breakfast. I said good morning to them and not one of them responded. They are so much better than I....*gack*

I tried to watch “The Immortals” last night, but it was far too “B Movie” for me. It was closer to a D Movie...DUMB!

Wow. Talk about a scatter-brain. I’m all over the place this morning, aren’t I?


2,464 posted on 08/24/2014 6:40:57 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If you take medicine, you have to recover twice; once from the disease and once from the medicine.)
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To: Monkey Face; Darksheare

Maybe Darks can make you some coffee?


2,465 posted on 08/24/2014 6:50:22 AM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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To: Monkey Face

The children had sodas last week, and there had been various drips and spills. This morning I just couldn’t stand it a minute longer!

Maybe the people in the community room were hard of hearing ;-).

I have to sew things on people’s Scout uniforms later today. Maybe I’ll watch a movie. We finished “Since You Went Away,” from 1943, last night. It was very much a product of its time.


2,466 posted on 08/24/2014 6:52:09 AM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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To: null and void

I’d rather have a beer, thanks...;o]


2,467 posted on 08/24/2014 6:55:36 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If you take medicine, you have to recover twice; once from the disease and once from the medicine.)
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To: Monkey Face

Tom spilled beer last night. It makes the floor sticky, too.


2,468 posted on 08/24/2014 6:58:28 AM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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To: Tax-chick

No, these people are Katrina transplants, and for some reason, they seem to think they are the Elite, and IF they deign to speak to you, you must grovel, kiss their hands and thank them profusely for acknowledging your existence.

I’ve always spoken to them and if they are by themselves, in a one-on-one situation, they will speak. If there are two of them, they will blow you off without a backward glance.


2,469 posted on 08/24/2014 7:00:15 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If you take medicine, you have to recover twice; once from the disease and once from the medicine.)
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To: Darksheare
Speaking of Darks...


2,470 posted on 08/24/2014 7:00:37 AM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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To: Tax-chick

I hate sticky floors!

Actually, I hate dirty floors. But dang. I can’t mop every day.

That Napa earthquake was pretty ugly, I think. Pics are up now and I’m glad, once again, that I no longer live in CA. Though I still live in an earthquake zone.


2,471 posted on 08/24/2014 7:03:34 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If you take medicine, you have to recover twice; once from the disease and once from the medicine.)
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To: Monkey Face

They sound weird.


2,472 posted on 08/24/2014 7:03:49 AM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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To: null and void; Darksheare

Good one, Nully!


2,473 posted on 08/24/2014 7:04:09 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If you take medicine, you have to recover twice; once from the disease and once from the medicine.)
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To: Monkey Face

This floor doesn’t show ordinary dirt, like from people walking across it.


2,474 posted on 08/24/2014 7:04:52 AM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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To: Tax-chick

Yah. I’m too polite to say it on open forum, so I will tone it down. I have yet to meet a Katrina transplant that didn’t act like s/he was better than I. I don’t know how many Clark County got, but it was far too many. A lot of them have gone back, and I’m glad. I wish the rest of them would.

The mint tea has helped my stomach a little, but I think I’m going to go in and lie down for a bit.

I’ll be back later. Probably about an hour...


2,475 posted on 08/24/2014 7:07:27 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If you take medicine, you have to recover twice; once from the disease and once from the medicine.)
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To: Monkey Face

I hope you feel better after your rest. I have to go change Kathleen’s diaper now.


2,476 posted on 08/24/2014 7:08:39 AM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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To: Tax-chick

lolz


2,477 posted on 08/24/2014 8:17:08 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Tax-chick

I’m back. I’m trying to eat something, but I’m not sure how it will settle. Time will tell.


2,478 posted on 08/24/2014 8:20:41 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If you take medicine, you have to recover twice; once from the disease and once from the medicine.)
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To: Monkey Face

Good luck! I had some leftover chicken and spinach.


2,479 posted on 08/24/2014 8:25:47 AM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face
"Tom spilled beer last night."

Isn't that boy a bit young to have a drinking problem?

2,480 posted on 08/24/2014 8:33:26 AM PDT by NicknamedBob ("There are too many acronyms in the world!" -----"We should find a way to make short cuts for them!")
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